Edouard lanthier



(No Model.)

E. LANTHIER. BUTTON BOOT OR SHOE.

No. 277,580. Patented May 15,1883

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDO'UARD LANTHIER, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR T0 v GEORGETHOMAS SLATER, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,580, dated May 15,1883. Application filed February 26, 1883. (N0 model.) Patented inCanada August 10. 1882, No. 15,275.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDOUARD LANTHIER, 0f the city of Montreal, in thedistrict of Montreal, and Province of Quebec, Canada, have inventedcertain -new and useful Improvements in Button Boots and Shoes; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a button boot or shoe whichshall be easier to the foot and less likely to inconvenience the wearerthan any made according to the style now in vogue.

In the present style of button boot the toepiece or vamp is so cut thatits edges just overlap the edges of the side pieces or quarters, towhich they are sewed, and this scam, besides being very liableto crack,is liable to press on and hurt the foot of the wearer. I propose toobviate this by making the toe-piece or vamp of.

such a shape that its rear edge shall reach back on the sides of theboot, the seam on the outside of the boot being where the smaller sidepiece or quarter joins the toe-piece or vamp, and on the inside and infront of the boot along the edge of the larger side piece or quarter andthe button-hole piece. To enable the toepiece to fit easily over theinstep, I cut it for some distance up the center, the incision be-. ing,when the parts are .put together, along the line of the smaller sidepiece or quarter, and of any width which will give the seam or lapdesired.

For full comprehension, however, of the invention, reference must be hadto the annexed drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figurel is a view of a boot embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a plan viewof the under side of my toe-piece or vamp as arranged for a boot tor theright foot, and Fig. 3 a view of smaller side piece or quarter.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A is the larger side piece or quarter, and B the smaller, 0 being thetoe-piece or vamp, the shape of which is shown in Fig. 2, I) being theseam at the junction of B and O. The line of the seam between the sidepiece or quarter A and. the toe-piece or vamp U is iridicated by thedouble dotted line a in Fig. 2.

O is the incision in the toe-piece or vamp 0 showing where the stuff maybe cut away over the instep to facilitate the joining together of theparts. The cut 0 may be made so as to give a less seam or lap, or so asto follow the line of the sewing a. p

D is the button-hole piece, cut in any usual style.

Having thus described my invention, I beg to state that what I claim isas follows:

1. In a button boot or shoe, the toe-piece or vampG, with incision O (3cut so as to give any desired lap for the. seam, as and for the purposesset forth.

2. The combination, in a bu ttou boot or shoe, of the toe-piece or vampC, out" as described. with incision C sides or quarters A and B, andbutton-hole piece D, all secured to each other as shown, and for thepurposes set forth. EDOUARD LANTHIEE. Witnesses R. D. GREET, G. A.SLATER.

